Time Change in US: When Do Clocks Go Back in Illinois?

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Does anyone know when the clocks go back in the United States (specifically Illinois, if that make a difference). Here in the UK, we put them back in about an hour, but it suddenly dawned on me that you lot may not do the same as us! (I presume you do put the clocks back?!)
 
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Moonbear said:
We USED to switch this weekend, but some folks in Congress seemed to think we didn't need that extra hour of sleep yet.

Hey, at least it's only one week. I presume you put your clocks forward a week after we did too!

Edit: Hey, PF is clever.. it just changed the time back for me!
 
cristo said:
Hey, at least it's only one week. I presume you put your clocks forward a week after we did too!

Edit: Hey, PF is clever.. it just changed the time back for me!

Nope, we put them forward way before you did. They extended the entire duration of daylight savings time at both ends this year. I've already been waking up an hour later though...my body is ready for the time to change and doesn't care what the clock says.
 
Clocks changed a few hours ago here (uk). Its 3:35 (4:35) here now. Either way i should not be up...
 
Not all the US has daylight savings time. Some places do not move their clocks back at all, while others do.

For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and Arizona . The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

I used to live in Arizona. I had no idea the Navajo followed daylight savings. How confusing must that have been?
 
Huckleberry said:
Not all the US has daylight savings time. Some places do not move their clocks back at all, while others do.



I used to live in Arizona. I had no idea the Navajo followed daylight savings. How confusing must that have been?

I'm from AZ. No clock changing here!
 
Clocks here (New Zealand) were set back nearly a month ago now. South Africa doesn't put their clocks back... its so confusing... :o
 
I was in the lab today one hour longer since all the machines changed the clocks one hour backwards. Canada is also changing its clock on Nov 4 now (at least in Toronto)
 
rhuthwaite said:
Clocks here (New Zealand) were set back nearly a month ago now. South Africa doesn't put their clocks back... its so confusing... :o

You set the clocks back this time of year too? Isn't that a bit counterintuitive considering you're in the Southern hemisphere? Shouldn't you folks be switching your clocks the other way now? :confused:
 
Huckleberry said:
I used to live in Arizona. I had no idea the Navajo followed daylight savings. How confusing must that have been?

You have no idea... The Hopis that have their nation in the middle of the Navajo Nation follow Arizona time so in the course of an hour (driving from the North) one can go from Daylight Time to Standard Time to Daylight Time to Standard Time.